Table 1.
Characteristics of Facilities Performing Pediatric Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Surveillance in the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017
| Characteristic | No. (%) Facilities (n = 2,545) |
|---|---|
| Facility Type | |
| General acute-care | 2,214 (87.0) |
| Critical access | 118 (4.6) |
| Children’s | 92 (3.6) |
| Surgical | 42 (1.7) |
| Military | 14 (0.6) |
| Orthopedic | 14 (0.6) |
| Women’s and children’s | 13 (0.5) |
| Psychiatric | 10 (0.4) |
| Women’s | 10 (0.4) |
| Oncology | 8 (0.3) |
| Free-standing inpatient rehabilitationa | 7 (0.3) |
| Long-term acute-care | 3 (0.1) |
| Facility Bed Size | |
| ≤50 | 343 (13.5) |
| 51–200 | 1,007 (39.6) |
| 201–500 | 960 (37.7) |
| ≥ 501 | 235 (9.2) |
a
Does not include inpatient rehabilitation facilities reporting to the NHSN as locations within acute-care hospitals.